#B5D949#B5D949

#B5D949 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.172 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5D949
RGB	rgb(181, 217, 73)
HSL	hsl(75, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(75, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 0%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.80, -31.65, 64.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.80, 71.58, 116.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.0919 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.172 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0720, 59.9304, 15.4953)
Luminance	0.5993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5D949 #6D49D9

analogous

#D9B549 #B5D949 #6DD949

triadic

#B5D949 #49B5D9 #D949B5

tetradic

#B5D949 #49D9B5 #6D49D9 #D9496D

square

#B5D949 #49D9B5 #6D49D9 #D9496D

split-complementary

#B5D949 #496DD9 #B549D9

monochromatic

#6F8B1D #98BD28 #B5D949 #CAE47C #DEEEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#B5D949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#B5D949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5D949

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5D949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5D949	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BECEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5d949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 217, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.172 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cee483',
    500: '#b5d949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5d949;
$custom-light: #cee483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5d949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83228,
    "c": 0.17192,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5D949

secondary

#4C3691

accent

#3FE86A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5D949

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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